[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4596 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4596

To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a public awareness and 
 education campaign to provide information regarding the benefits of, 
risks relating to, and the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the 
    daily lives of individuals in the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2024

 Mr. Young (for himself and Mr. Schatz) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a public awareness and 
 education campaign to provide information regarding the benefits of, 
risks relating to, and the prevalence of artificial intelligence in the 
    daily lives of individuals in the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Artificial Intelligence Public 
Awareness and Education Campaign Act''.

SEC. 2. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION 
              CAMPAIGN.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) AI campaign.--The term ``AI Campaign'' means the public 
        awareness and education campaign conducted under this section.
            (2) Artificial intelligence.--The term ``artificial 
        intelligence'' has the meaning given the term in section 5002 
        of the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 
        (15 U.S.C. 9401).
            (3) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``agency'' in section 551 of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            (4) Key performance indicator.--The term ``key performance 
        indicator'' means a quantifiable metric that demonstrates how 
        effectively an initiative is at achieving its objectives.
            (5) Relevant congressional committees.--The term ``relevant 
        congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
                of the House of Representatives.
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Commerce.
    (b) AI Campaign.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the heads of 
relevant Federal agencies, including the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology and the Administrator of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, shall 
conduct a public awareness and education campaign to provide 
information regarding the benefits of, risks relating to, and the 
prevalence of artificial intelligence in the daily lives of individuals 
in the United States.
    (c) Outreach.--In carrying out the AI Campaign, the Secretary 
shall--
            (1) determine the key performance indicators to evaluate 
        the effectiveness of the AI Campaign and obtain any baseline 
        data necessary for a comparative measurement of success;
            (2) facilitate access to, and the exchange of, information 
        regarding artificial intelligence in order to promote up-to-
        date knowledge regarding artificial intelligence and the rights 
        of an individual under law with respect to artificial 
        intelligence;
            (3) identify, promote, and encourage the use of best 
        practices for the detection of provenance information with 
        respect to digital media by--
                    (A) including such media that is generated by human 
                beings and such media that is generated or 
                significantly modified by algorithms, including 
                artificial intelligence, including media commonly 
                referred to as ``deepfakes'' and content created by the 
                programs commonly referred to as ``chatbots'';
                    (B) providing resources and guidance on available 
                tools and methods for detecting or differentiating such 
                media; and
                    (C) identifying populations particularly 
                susceptible to artificial intelligence-enabled 
                fraudulent activitiy, including senior citizens, and 
                conducting target outreach to inform such populations 
                of, and inoculate such populations against, artificial 
                intelligence-enabled scams and fraud;
            (4) conduct outreach to the general public relating to the 
        prevalence of artificial intelligence in the daily lives of 
        individuals in the United States, including--
                    (A) applications that enable increase the 
                productivity of individuals, such as text-to-speech 
                functionality, real-time route planning, and predictive 
                text suggestions; and
                    (B) applications in use commercially, such as 
                automated decision-making, fraud detection, and 
                financial trading; and
            (5) conduct outreach about workforce opportunities, 
        including opportunities to work in the Federal Government, for 
        technologists and others with experience in the development, 
        deployment, and use of artificial intelligence, including to 
        institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101 of 
        the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
    (d) Expert Consultation.--In conducting the AI Campaign, the 
Secretary shall consult with a variety of stakeholders from academic or 
research communities, public-private partnerships, and private 
industry, including companies with different roles in the use of 
artificial intelligence, developers, deployers, users, and community 
development organizations with expertise working with artificial 
intelligence.
    (e) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date on 
        which the Secretary initiates the AI Campaign, the Secretary 
        shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a report 
        on the activities conducted under the AI Campaign.
            (2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall include--
                    (A) the key performance indicators determined for 
                the purpose of evaluating the overall effectiveness of 
                the AI Campaign; and
                    (B) recommendations for subsequent actions, 
                including in any key areas in which the outcomes of the 
                AI Campaign were identified as insufficient.
    (f) No Additional Funds.--No additional funds are authorized to be 
appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act.
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